IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14222, 13 June 1910, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

CONFERENCE OF LEADERS. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright Received o p.m., Juno 12th. LONDON, June 11. The '-Morning Leader" states that the Cabinet has framed the offer of a conference, and that the offer has gone, before Mr Balfour, who is able to spoixl the week end in considering a reply. The "Morning Leader" says that the Cabinet holds that the discussion should not be limited by any pledges or statements of policy by either side. Other newspapers indicate that the letter simply asks whether a conference is desirable. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. In the House of Commons, Mr Birrell, replying to Mr Redmond, said that the Government did not desire to interfere with the press in advocating the breaking up of grass land, but they cannot permit the enforcement of such demands by illegal means. TARIFF REFORM. The committee of the British Iron Trade Association has forwarded to the Board of Trade and the Foreign Office a memorial urging them to secure certain modifications of the Japanese, Swedish, and Australian tariffs on iron and steel. i